(2357) Phereclos


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Object

Object (2357) Phereclos
Diameter(1) 95 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 8.94
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2458200.5
Semi major axis 5.209937 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.044987407 ± 0.000000048
Inclination 2.668919484 ± 0.000004754 °
Longitude of ascending node 179.249176 ± 0.000095 °
Argument of perihelia 74.174431 ± 0.000132 °
Mean anomaly 279.813676 ± 0.000103 °
Orbital period 11.89 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv1
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv1.txt
bsp file 2357_Phereclos_nima_v1.bsp
Date of first observation 1929-09-29
Date of last observation 2019-01-29
Number of observations used in the fit 2332
Number of rejected observations 16
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 2348
Number of unpublished observations 0
RMS of observations 0.608 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv1 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2018-01 0.020 0.016
2018-07 0.018 0.014
2019-01 0.024 0.017
2019-07 0.026 0.019
2020-01 0.029 0.017
2020-07 0.040 0.023
2021-01 0.033 0.016
2021-07 0.051 0.022
2022-01 0.035 0.014

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv1 and JPL47 in right ascension (weighted by cos δ) and in declination.
Gray area represents the 1-σ uncertainty of NIMA ephemeris. Green dots represent the DES observations.